Pennsylvania girl allegedly used 10 aliases to work as nurse throughout state

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A 39-year-old girl is accused of utilizing fraudulent paperwork and at the least 10 completely different aliases to land nursing jobs throughout Pennsylvania.

Shannon Nicole Womack, 39, has been charged with crimes together with forgery, id theft, procurement fraud, illegal use of a pc, theft by illegal taking, and endangering the welfare of care, in keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by Fox Information Digital.

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Womack allegedly used completely different aliases to pose as a registered nurse, licensed sensible nurse and registered nurse supervisor at nursing amenities and rehabilitation facilities. Investigators say she secured the roles by means of staffing companies by submitting fraudulently signed paperwork. She additionally created a faux restricted legal responsibility firm (LLC), in keeping with a information launch from Pennsylvania State Police.

Shannon Nicole Womack, 39, has been charged with crimes together with forgery, id theft, procurement fraud, illegal use of a pc, theft by illegal taking, and endangering the welfare of care. (Georgia Secretary of State)

In April, state troopers performed a site visitors cease of a Mercedes-Benz car in western Pennsylvania. Womack, the driving force, offered the troopers with false identification, and an investigation revealed that round 20 completely different aliases and 7 completely different social safety numbers had been related together with her.

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Investigators imagine Womack started this sample of fraud in 2020 and continued it throughout different states within the japanese a part of the U.S., in keeping with a separate information launch from Pennsylvania State Police.

Whereas a motive just isn't but clear, the felony criticism outlined that Womack had additionally stolen treatment from a number of healthcare amenities.

FILE PHOTO: A nurse is pictured engaged on a pc. (Getty Photos)

"This case is especially notable because it spans a number of states alongside the East Coast, suggesting a broader scope than initially anticipated," a spokesperson for Pennsylvania State Police advised Fox Information Digital in an e-mail. "As court docket proceedings unfold, we could acquire additional perception into the underlying motive. Nevertheless, the criticism already outlines a sample of treatment theft from a number of healthcare amenities."

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The spokesperson added, "What stands out just isn't solely the monetary facet, together with cost for providers, but in addition the involvement of high-value prescription drugs, which at the moment seems to be a major hyperlink within the investigation."

Pennsylvania State Police are asking healthcare suppliers throughout Pennsylvania to evaluation their employment data to help of their ongoing investigation. (Getty Photos)

Pennsylvania State Police — together with the Division of Well being, Division of State, and a number of district attorneys and states — are asking healthcare suppliers throughout Pennsylvania to evaluation their employment data to help of their ongoing investigation.

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The aliases Womack used throughout completely different areas of Pennsylvania embrace: Shannon Nicole Parham, Shannon Nicole Abiola, Shannon Nicole Armstrong, Shannon Abiola-Parham, Shannon Nicole Grimes, Shannon Nicole Womack, Shannon Nicole Lawson, Shannon Nicole Lethco, Shannon Nicole Robinson and Shannon Lee Lawson.

Sophia Compton is a Digital Manufacturing Assistant at Fox Information Digital. Sophia was beforehand a enterprise reporter protecting finance, power and tourism and has expertise as a TV information producer. She graduated with a journalism diploma in 2021 from the College of Hawaii at Manoa.